The charity All People All Places is recruiting two outreach and project workers to join its Edmonton-based team. They will join a project to support women identified as at high risk of harm, exploitation and homelessness.
The April update from Palmers Greeen Safer Neighbourhood Team is now online. It includes information about an operation carried out in conjunction with council officers and parking enforcement officers on 5th March in response to various concerns, including 'inappropriate sexualised behaviours of males outside cafes towards passing females'.
A foodbank with clients in Palmers Green will have to close in June unless more donors come to the rescue. In the meantime, notable local musicians will be playing for free at a one-day folk festival to raise funds and publicise the emergency.
A campaign against ageism has been launched this week by Age UK London, after a survey revealed that a large number of older people feel “devalued, frustrated and even disempowered” because of attitudes towards them.
The fourth annual Enfield Community Art Exhibition will run from 30th May to 13th June at the Dugdale Arts Centre and Museum of Enfield. On the weekend of 6th and 7th June it will pay a visit to Palmers Green's Devonshire Square. If you're interested in having your work included in the exhibition, the deadline for applying is 28th April.
In an article published on their website this week, Better Homes Enfield write that, unlike other councils that submitted bids to the government for new town projects, Enfield Council has so far refused to publish its submission or provide it to the London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee.
Palmers Green Action Team promise that the first market of 2026 in Devonshire Square - the Spring Awakening - will be a 'vibrant event bringing together an exciting mix of local traders, makers and food vendors – the perfect way to welcome spring and support independent businesses on your doorstep.' It will be first time that the Action Team have handed over running the market to professional agency Kiwi Events.
Later this month, local environmental defence groups are joining forces to invite the borough's residents to tour some of the treasured Enfield landscapes that are under threat from proposals for a 'new town' and from Tottenham Hotspur's plan to build a training centre part of a former golf course turned ecological treasure trove.
The government is currently consulting on draft proposals to build seven new towns in various parts of England, including 'Crews Hill and Chase Park' - locations in the north west of Enfield borough that contain large tracts of land currently classified as Green Belt. The consultation is open until 19th March.
A neglected former flowerbed at Southgate Station has been given a 'botanical makeover' by volunteers from Southgate District Civic Voice. The design features circular planters that echo the shape of the iconic Art Deco tube station.
